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The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota announced in 2011 that it now has discovered 60 specimens of prehistoric animals in this unique paleontological site. This is where, more than 26,000 years ago, large Columbian and woolly mammoths were trapped and died in a spring-fed pond. Now we visit the in-situ site. Dr. Larry Agenbroad, founder of the site, is our guide.

Yorktown was the site of the deciding battle of the American Revolutionary War, between British and American soldiers. Interpreters, dressed in period costume give visitors a glimpse into the life of American soldiers during the Civil War.

Audio Journeys are explores this one-of-a-kind monolith known to Native Americans as Bear Mountain. We walk around the base while a park ranger interprets what this unique formation is and the ecology that surrounds it.

Audio Journeys explore ancient history and centuries-old structures inculding an anquduct, and view new and old art. We visit a lapidary specializing in local gems.

In this engaging audio program, the spiritual insights and genius of Leonardo da Vinci make for a lively dialogue between Michael J. Gelb and Deepak Chopra. The two conclude that we all have access to the intuitive, creative, and visionary responses that da Vinci did, but there is no doubt, as Chopra says, that Leonardo was "an accelerated expression of the natural evolution of consciousness".

CBS NFL Today anchor James Brown recounts his story of how the decision he made as a young basketball star shaped his life forever.

Audio Journeys exploration of Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park continues. In 1937 vaudeville and silver-screen actor Leo Carrillo (Cisco Kid) purchased, and preserved over 2000 acres of southwest USA's rolling hills. The 27-acres that remain today are known as the Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park. Our tour of the Carrillo Ranch includes the Spanish style home they lived in, barns and other out buildings.

An audio journey exploring eastern Guatemala. In the first days of April 2004, the Mayan Q'eqchi people living in and around the Rio Dulce River celebrated the ending of their 360-day agrarian calendar. The Ak' Tenamit Association Campus and cultural center hosted the event. The Mayan Deer dance was performed for the first time in decades.

Audio Journeys explore the Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park, a few minutes from the Pacific Ocean and down town Carlsbad California. In 1937 vaudeville and silver-screen actor, Leo Carrillo (Cisco Kid) purchased, and preserved over two thousand acres of southwest USA's rolling hills. This was a retreat for Leo, his wife, their adopted daughter, and their numerous friends from Hollywood.

The terrors of a young soldier come to life in shocking, almost hallucinatory detail in a powerful first novel that follows in the footsteps of The Red Badge of Courage and Farewell to Arms.

For working mothers who face endless demands on their time and attention, What Happy Working Mothers Know provides scientifically proven and practical ways to replace stress with contentment and to find the right balance between work, motherhood, and life. Your own happiness is important—because happy moms make better moms and more successful professionals.

On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, a young White man, attended the Wednesday evening Bible study at the predominantly Black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. An hour later, Roof pulled a concealed weapon and killed nine African Americans as they prayed, including Myra Thompson, the wife of Reverend Anthony Thompson. This audiobook is the account of Reverend Thompson's wife's murder, the grief he experienced, and the radical choice to forgive the killer. But beyond that, Reverend Thompson casts a compelling vision of the power of forgiveness to transform our lives.

Pittsburgh, 1995. The son of a black father he’s never known and a white mother he sometimes wishes he didn’t, 22-year-old Bobby Saraceno is passing for white. Raised by his bigoted maternal grandfather, Bobby has hidden his truth from everyone, even his best friend and fellow comic-book geek, Aaron, who has just returned home from prison a hardened racist.

Join quizmaster J. D. Kelly and find out who can rightfully wear the crown as the king or queen of video game trivia. Sure, maybe you’re unbeatable at FIFA or you’ve mastered super cancel on Pro Evo. Perhaps you’ve clocked up more headshots in Call of Duty or Battlefield than most people have had hot dinners, or you hold the world record speed run for a level in Rayman Legends...but just how well do you know the games that you’re playing? And what of the history - what of the lineage of those games?

Meet 44 of America's most impressive heroes in this collective biography of African American figures authored by the team at ESPN's TheUndefeated.com. From visionaries to entrepreneurs, athletes to activists, the Fierce 44 are beacons of brilliance, perseverance, and excellence. Bringing household names like Serena Williams and Harriet Tubman together with lesser-known but highly deserving figures such as Robert Abbott and Dr. Charles Drew, this collection is a celebration of all that African Americans have achieved, despite everything they have had to overcome.

1993. In this rollicking take on modern diplomacy, a Norwegian social scientist and his diplomat wife are determined to try a new tactic to break the long-standing deadlock of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. A secret back channel in Norway leads to unexpected breakthroughs as negotiators find common ground. When the political becomes personal, relationships are forged that offer a chance to alter the course of history.

Among these biographies, listeners will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop stars, athletes and activists. The exceptional men featured include artist Aaron Douglas, civil rights leader John Lewis, dancer Alvin Ailey, filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, musician Prince, photographer Gordon Parks, tennis champion Arthur Ashe, and writer James Baldwin.

This audiobook by best-selling author John Eckhardt contains Scripture verses related to the topics of worship, holiness, and the glory of God as well as insight from the author himself. It is an excellent and handy reference tool for those who want to have a greater understanding of these important subjects in Scripture and to incorporate God’s Word into their prayers.

Thomas Johnson and Charles Spurgeon lived worlds apart: Johnson, an American slave, born into captivity and longing for freedom and Spurgeon, an Englishman born into relative ease and comfort but, longing, too, for a freedom of his own. Their respective journeys led to an unlikely meeting and an even more unlikely friendship, forged by fate and mutual love for the mission of Christ. Steal Away Home tells a previously untold story set in the 1800s of the relationship between an African-American missionary and one of the greatest preachers to ever live.

Exploring the creative process of an American original, the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series will uncover the hidden history behind the author’s best known novels...and his most mysterious and ambitious unfinished works. In this second volume, Beau L’Amour examines how his father made the transition from struggling pulp writer to successful novelist and uses his father’s notes, journal entries, and correspondence to continue the process of seeking out how and why many of these never-before-seen manuscripts were written.